The pirate scene in the Netherlands continues to tick along nicely, and here are some logs from the past week:
Freq Time Station SINPO
Friday, November 9, 2018
1620 1825 De Klap 25332-35343 music programme
1620 1844 Admiraal 35333 report for De Klap
1629 1903 Dolfijn 34333 report for Admiraal
1655 1904 Batavier 35443 music programme
1619 1905 Wegpiraat 34443 asking for report
1653 2315 Monte Carlo 55444 music programme
1638 2315 Morgenster 24222-34333 music programme
1615 2315 Gedrocht van Twente 24422 music programme
1629 2322 Noordzee 34333-45444 report for Montecarlo
1635 2345 Electron 35333 report for Montecarlo
Observations
- De Klap was back on the band this evening with a programme on 1620 kHz. His signal was peaking to something similar to reception a few days ago, and was very listenable. When he closed down, it was good to hear Admiraal pop up with a reception report, and nice to hear him send greetings to me and mention how I was at his place a couple of years ago - I visited him with my old pal Radio Soerabaya en route to the Summer Meeting on what I remember was a very hot day! Anyway, Admiraal was coming in well today and I made a short recording:
- Another station to come up with a report for De Klap was Dolfijn, who was coming in pretty well. I thought I'd text him a report, so I duly found 'Dolfijn' on my phone and sent him a quick message. What I got back was confusion. It turns out I had actually sent a message to the SW pirate Dolfijn rather than the MW station! Anyway, we had a nice chat and then I sent a message to the correct pirate
1629 0704 Interpol 35333 music programme
1620 0725 Marconist weak signal music programme
1620 0754 Bootsman weak signal report for Marconist
Observations
- I managed a little early morning listening today, actually raising myself from bed early on a Sunday! I was rewarded with a programme from Interpol and a fair signal on 1629 kHz, but the band was unusually quiet for a Sunday morning. I heard Marconist and Bootsman qsoing just as propagation was making it difficult to receive the Dutch stations, but otherwise there was little activity
Saturday, November 3, 2018
1620 0708 Rietvink 33433 report for Marconist
1616 1615 Drukstroomjager 35543 music programme
1655 1635 Concorde weak signal qsoing
1646 1638 Zwarte Bizon 25332 qsoing
1620 1652 Eldorado 25332-35333 testing
1656 1653 Nachtzwerver 25442 qsoing
1647 1705 Keizer en Keizerin 33333 music programme
1629 1707 Edelkampioen 55444 music programme
1615 1741 Gedrocht van Twente weak signal report for Eldorado
1637 2344 Montecarlo 45444 qsoing
1661 2344 Viking en Tante Foek 44444 music programme
1648 2346 Moby Dick 44444 music programme
1636 2347 Spakenburg 45444 qsoing
1653 2349 Nachtzwerver 44444 qsoing
1625 2354 Snowman 25322 music programme
1620 2359 De Klap 34433 qsoing
Observations
- Plenty of activity today, with signals arriving first thing in the morning and then from mid-afternoon as the sun was going down. King of the band in terms of signal and modulation was Edelkampioen, who was booming in over here with very fine audio - a real depth, making it a pleasure to listen to. I visited him at his studio a couple of years back, accompanied by Barones and Poema, so it's always great to hear him on air, sitting in the studio where I sat!
- Concorde is a name I've seen in various logs, but today was the first time I heard this station, reportedly broadcasting from the Acterhoek. With the sun still to fully go down when I heard him, the signal was only weak - I'm sure it will be considerably better with propagation at the optimum
- There was another new name for me today as well with De Klap. Reportedly running somewhere in the region of 200 watts, the station was qsoing with Spakenburg and Nachtzwerver and coming in with a pretty good signal. Hopefully I'll be hearing this one again soon as well
1609 1821 Mustang 44433-54444 testing
1635 1821 Havana 55555 qsoing
1629 1823 Pandora (Friesland) 25222 music programme
1640 1823 Turfsteker 35333 testing
1620 1825 Blauwe Panda 25332-45444 music programme
1655 1849 Batavier 44444 music programme
1662 1851 Digitaal 54444 testing
1611 1916 Unidentified 24222 music programme
1620 1930 Batavia 35333 music programme
1610 1945 Arizona weak signal report for the station on 1611
1671 2256 Odynn 34433-44444 music programme
1656 2300 Rebel (Drenthe) 35333 music programme
Observations
- Plenty to listen to this evening, with Mustang catching the attention on an usual frequency of 1609 kHz. It's often tricky listening when pirates are broadcasting near to the legal stations on 1602 and, although Mustang was fading down sometimes, he was generally doing very well, with his punchy audio powering through. He was testing a new modulation system, which he then tried out on shortwave, using 4010 kHz, where his signal was even better - more stable and free from interference
- A few days ago we logged Ome Wil on 1629 kHz, noting that he uses the name Pandora sometimes - not to be confused with the Pandora who uses 1625 often very late at night. Tonight, he was identifying quite clearly as Pandora, although once again his modulation was low and I couldn't quite make out the telephone number that was being announced. Turn it up please!
- Some time ago Odynn told me he had plans to upgrade his transmitter to something in the region of 250 watts. Well, he has done it and the new rig was on 1671 kHz and putting a nice signal into the UK:
- Arizona is a station I don't catch very often, so it was a pleasure to hear him on 1610 kHz in qso with a station who had been on 1611 with a music programme, although I couldn't quite catch that one's name
De Klap should really go to the doctors about that.
ReplyDeleteHa! The thought crossed my mind too!
DeleteHello nice to read That you received my singnal in the UK Greetings Concorde
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